The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and ContinuitiesAn essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940.It provides original sources, detailed commentary and helpful chronologies and bibliographies on topics including:* the emergence of the regime and the Paris Commune of 1871* Franco-German relations* anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair* the role of women and the importance of the national birth-rate* the character of the French Right and of French fascism. |
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... January 1868 introduced a five-year term of military service, followed by a furtherfive years in the reserve; plans were drawn up for a new militia (garde mobile), but were not implemented outside the Paris region for political and ...
... January 1868 introduced a five-year term of military service, followed by a furtherfive years in the reserve; plans were drawn up for a new militia (garde mobile), but were not implemented outside the Paris region for political and ...
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... January 1871; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-republican; and the peaceterms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt (10 May 1871) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved ...
... January 1871; the mood of provincial France became overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-republican; and the peaceterms accepted by France in the Treaty of Frankfurt (10 May 1871) were probably worse than those which could have been achieved ...
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... January and the failure of a final sortie on 19 January all finally convinced the Government of National Defence that they had to accept an armistice on Bismarck's terms. The armistice, signed on 28 January, provided for national ...
... January and the failure of a final sortie on 19 January all finally convinced the Government of National Defence that they had to accept an armistice on Bismarck's terms. The armistice, signed on 28 January, provided for national ...
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... January, refusing to introduce radical measures (eventhe introduction of bread-rationing was delayed until 18 January), and agreeing to an armistice on 28 January. One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections for ...
... January, refusing to introduce radical measures (eventhe introduction of bread-rationing was delayed until 18 January), and agreeing to an armistice on 28 January. One of the conditions of the armistice was the holding of elections for ...
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... January 1871. The central committee of the National Guard, of which he was a member, appointed him on 18 March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and an ...
... January 1871. The central committee of the National Guard, of which he was a member, appointed him on 18 March to take over the Prefecture of Police. He subsequently became one of the three main military commanders of the Commune and an ...
Contents
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2 The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
3 The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
4 Women and the family | 80 |
5 The First World War | 106 |
6 France after the First World War | 136 |
7 The Popular Front | 172 |
8 The fall of France June 1940 | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
Index | 253 |
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